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Shawbrook Bank acquires Singers Asset Finance
29/03/2012
Shawbrook Bank have acquired Singers Asset Finance (Singers) to extend its secured lending offer to small and medium size enterprises (SMEs).
FSA launches review into anti-bribery and corruption systems
29/03/2012
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) today (Thursday) publishes the findings of its thematic review into anti-bribery and corruption (ABC) systems and controls in investment banks.
Former Cattles directors banned by FSA
28/03/2012
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has fined and banned two former directors of Cattles plc (Cattles) and its subsidiary Welcome Financial Services Limited (Welcome) for publishing misleading information to investors about the credit quality of Welcome’s loan book and acting without integrity in discharging their responsibilities.
FSA bans NI adviser and fines him £95,200 over mortgage fraud
27/03/2012
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has banned and fined Londonderry-based mortgage adviser Gareth Flanagan £95,200 for personal mortgage fraud and regulatory failings.
Share of the Week: Cape
26/03/2012
Graham Spooner, investment research analyst at The Share Centre, has picked industrial services provider, Cape, as his share of the week.
Coutts fined £8.75 million for anti-money laundering control failings
26/03/2012
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has fined Coutts & Company (Coutts) £8.75 million for failing to take reasonable care to establish and maintain effective anti-money laundering (AML) systems and controls relating to high risk customers, including Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs).
Bankers call for transparency and simplicity from Financial Policy Committee
23/03/2012
The Bank of England’s new Financial Policy Committee has a key responsibility to explain clearly how it will carry out its responsibility to ensure the UK’s financial stability, the British Bankers’ Association said today.
FSA publishes final guidance on structured products
23/03/2012
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has today (Friday) published its final guidance on the development and governance of retail structured products.
British banks told to increase capital
23/03/2012
The Financial Policy Committee (FPC) have said that British banks need to increase capital as soon as possible.
FSA publishes Business Plan for 2012/13
22/03/2012
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has published its business plan setting out its priorities for 2012/13, and the implications for the FSA’s budget.
